edit character approved 前 — "more concise explanation while trying to preserve all of the details"
- Hint
- Phonetic loan, originally from 歬. 歬 depicts washing feet but became used phonetically to mean both "cut" and "in front". An added 刂 (knife) once distinguished 前 as the original form of "cut", but later this too became used phonetically for the current meaning "in front". A later 刀 (knife) continues to distinguish 剪 as the current form of "cut", which left "in front" to become the sole meaning of 前. → Phonosemantic compound. 歬 represents the sound, and 刂 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "cut", now written as 剪. The current meaning "in front" is a phonetic loan.
- Components
- 歬 Sound
- hint: Depicts washing feet. Once the phonetic loan for both "cut" and "in front". → (empty)
- 歬 Sound
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
- - The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, components, sources
edit character approved 前 — "I think 刂 here was used for the meaning "cut" rather than part of an iconic depiction involving the form of a knife. 刂 is a meaning component in the other phonosemantic characters like 刻."
edit character approved 前 — "Tried to cram in the newer etymology and reflect this in the components"
- Hint
- Originally written as 歬, depicting putting shoes on feet to prepare to go forward. The 刂 (knife) component was added because 前 is phonetically similar to 剪 (cut) and was sometimes used to mean "cut". → Phonetic loan, originally from 歬. 歬 depicts washing feet but became used phonetically to mean both "cut" and "in front". An added 刂 (knife) once distinguished 前 as the original form of "cut", but later this too became used phonetically for the current meaning "in front". A later 刀 (knife) continues to distinguish 剪 as the current form of "cut", which left "in front" to become the sole meaning of 前.
- Original meaning
- cut
- Components
- 歬 Sound
- hint: Depicts putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward. → Depicts washing feet. Once the phonetic loan for both "cut" and "in front".
- type: sound, iconic → sound
- 刂 Iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: (empty) → true
- 歬 Sound
- Sources
- 漢語多功能字庫
- + The Outlier Linguistics Dictionary of Chinese Characters
Changed: hint, original meaning, components, sources
edit character approved 前 — "remove 止 link"
- Hint
- Originally written as 歬, depicting putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward. The 刂 (knife) component was added because 前 is phonetically similar to 剪 (cut) and was sometimes used to mean "cut". → Originally written as 歬, depicting putting shoes on feet to prepare to go forward. The 刂 (knife) component was added because 前 is phonetically similar to 剪 (cut) and was sometimes used to mean "cut".
Changed: hint
edit character approved 前 — "verify, add source"
- Hint
- Phonosemantic compound. 歬 represents the sound, and 刂 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "cut", now written as 剪. The current meaning "in front" is a phonetic loan. → Originally written as 歬, depicting putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward. The 刂 (knife) component was added because 前 is phonetically similar to 剪 (cut) and was sometimes used to mean "cut".
- Components
- 歬 SoundIconic
- hint: (empty) → Depicts putting shoes on feet (止) to prepare to go forward.
- type: sound → sound, iconic
- 刂 Iconic
- type: meaning → iconic
- isFromOriginalMeaning: true → (empty)
- 歬 SoundIconic
- Strokes (simplified)
- 9 strokes→9 strokes
Source: animcjk → dong
Changed: hint, verified, components, sources, strokes (simp), fragments (simp), images